Sri Lanka’s Rifti Muhammed Rizwan, who came first in the international Holy Quran recital contest, held at Mecca in Saudi Arabia recently, returned to the country on Wednesday. Eighty six countries participated in the event.   This is the first time that a Sri Lankan had secured the top slot in this prestigious international contest.   The Deputy Minister of …

  Weapons industry flourishing in human misery Weapons manufacturers and their associates including politicians flourish on the misery of millions.  This is how one could describe the ongoing carnage in Syria-an ancient country of great historic and religious importance where the oppressed   people suffered for   decades under  President Bashar al Assad and his late father Hafiz Al Assad. Following the Arab Uprising which swept …

Applications are invited from Sri Lankan students for nomination to undergraduate course in Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Medicine (MBBS) and Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) under the Self-Financing Scheme for the academic year 2013-14 against the reserved seats of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.   2.       As per revised guidelines applicable from the academic session …

  අනුමත-කැප (හලාල්) හා තහනම්-අකැප (හරාම්) සංකල්පය පිළිබඳව නොයෙක් ආකාරයේ නිවැරදි නොවූ මත ඉදිරිපත්වී ඇති බව දකින්නට ඇත. මෙයට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව, මේ පිළිබඳව සිංහල බසින් ප්‍රමාණවත් අර්ථ දැක්වීම් ඉදිරිපත් නොවී තිබීම බව අපගේ අදහසයි. එහෙයින් මෙම කරුණු සියල්ල සලකා බලා මෙම සංකල්පය පිළිබඳව කෙටි විග්‍රහයක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නට අදහස් කළෙමු. හලාල් (අනුමත) හා හරාම් (තහනම්) යන අරාබි වචන ප්‍රයෝජනයට ගැනීමෙන්, මෙය …

AssalamuAlaikumWarahamathullahiWabarakathuhu (Peace, mercy and blessing upon you)   My dear Mr Jiffry   Principal Zahira College Colombo.   May I take this opportunity to congratulate you, the staff and the Board of Governors for the wonderful efforts, you all are taking to bring back Zahira to its Golden Era.   As a mode of support, Sailan Muslim Foundation, once again …